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as in daydreaming
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as in sleeping
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as in rapid eye movement
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as in imagining
to form a mental picture of
I dreamed that I was living on that proverbial desert island in the South Pacific
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Recent Examples of dreaming
Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 30 Dec. 2025
Kasdan, who grew up in West Virginia dreaming of becoming a filmmaker, chose the University of Michigan in the late 1960s as his first step toward that goal.
—Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 16 Dec. 2025
Just the name inspires dreams of a plush mattress that will cocoon your body into a state of restful slumber and easy dreaming.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 1 Dec. 2025
Advertisement Meanwhile, beta blocker medications tend to reduce REM sleep, which is when most dreaming occurs, but research has found that they are associated with an increase in nightmares.
—Stacey Colino, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
How to lucid dream Interested in trying out lucid dreaming for yourself?
—Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
The videos pop up instantly—before my brain has had time to picture the prompts using my own imagination, as if the act of dreaming has been rendered obsolete, inefficient.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025
This mosaic can lead to experiences such as hypnagogia, lucid dreaming and sleep disorders.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 7 Jan. 2026
Swearingen attended his first PBR event at Madison Square Garden as a teenager, when his family brought bulls there, watching from the sidelines and dreaming of one day riding there.
—Nancy Kane, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026
Socialists keep dreaming of collectivism as New Yorkers suffer from unserious housing policy.
—Editorial Board, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2026
In 1941 Wales, the populace all begin dreaming of King Arthur’s return, while also claiming to witness waking phenomena like dragons in the London Underground and lights at Stonehenge.
—Literary Hub, 2 Jan. 2026
Welcome to Westerberg High, where popularity is a matter of life and death, and Veronica Sawyer is just another nobody dreaming of a better day.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2025
But that doesn’t stop us from dreaming.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 25 Dec. 2025
Withdrawal from tricyclic antidepressants may also lead to nightmares, while withdrawal from SSRIs and SNRIs seems to intensify dreaming.
—Stacey Colino, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
That's when the concept of dreaming as a neurocognitive process first came about, per the APA.
—Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
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This is a powerful stellium for community-building, collective dreaming, and unconventional collaboration.
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Lifelong Wyoming resident David Willms spent years of his childhood fishing a nearby reservoir flanked by Elk Mountain, dreaming about summiting it someday.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for dreaming
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All Stages of Sleep are Critical to Memory Sleep is divided into stages, including non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep.—
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Deep sleep and rapid eye movement sleep (REM) are especially crucial for memory, emotional regulation, and recovery.—
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Long before audiences saw Glinda’s dazzling pink dresses or Elphaba’s dramatic layered ensembles on the big screen, Paul Tazewell was imagining how silhouette, color and texture would bring the witches of Oz to life.—
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The three-year Off-Broadway hit is a parody of the classic film Titanic, imagining the story as if Celine Dion were narrating it.—
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The couple frequently share dreamy evenings in their backyard, like a picnic date night with takeout.—
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Playful pastel hues and delicate details give this manicure a light, dreamy charm.—
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James O’Donoghue, a planetary scientist with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, likened our planet’s tilting phenomenon to a nodding head.—
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That way, you aren’t tempted to doze on the couch or adult bed with the baby in your arms.—
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On occasion, some of them doze on the benches and winding path along the Riverwalk, in violation of a statewide ban on camping and sleeping in public places.—
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As a New Yorker herself, Bellizzi treasured envisioning the cramped Lower East Side milieu that opens the film.—
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While the commission’s is formally charged with re-envisioning Medi-Cal, CHCF policy experts said the programs future cannot be separated from rising affordability challenges across California’s broader insurance landscape.—
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The absorbed or scattered light creates a unique pattern called the spectrum, which is effectively the substance’s fingerprint.—
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Although the mercury hovered at only 5°, all of us became so absorbed in the rabbit chase that no one noticed numb toes and cold ears.—
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There’s nothing quite as soothing as the drowsy calmness that washes over you when your partner runs their hands through your hair.—
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The DeWine administration cited driver safety as a catalyst for the project: officials noted that truck drivers who can't find a parking spot are known to drive drowsy or pull over to sleep in unsafe areas.—
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“Dreaming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dreaming. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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